Speaking at the WWDC conference, Apple's marketing SVP Phil Schiller boldly said, "This is a chance to reinvent music". Apple's positioning for HomePod is that it will sit between the quality level of a Sonos style speaker and the intelligence of devices such as Google Home.

The speaker will sell for about $350 in December in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia.

It's not just about sonic power, but sonic smarts too: the Apple HomePod is spatially aware, and can adjust its sound to suit its placement in any room.

Apple's claim on the privacy front is that the speaker doesn't start sending any information to Apple until you issue a "Hey Siri" command. But while Apple stayed focused on upgrading its flagship product, the iPhone, through the years, other competitors developed their own voice-activated assistants.

Apple's speaker will launch this December in white or gray and will cost $349.

"We think we can do lots to make this experience much better", said Apple CEO Tim Cook at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

Along with upgraded versions of iPad and Mac laptops, Apple provided look at an iMac Pro work station that had the computing built in behind the screen and was touted as the most powerful computer the company has ever made. The AppleHomePod has an A8 chip along with a unique woof specially designed by the company. Tapping ApplesSiridigital assistant, such a speaker is expected to serve as a butler as well as an outlet for listening to music. But on this device, Siri is more than just a virtual assistant - it's a "musicologist" that will help you find new tunes on Apple Music.

At its annual developer conference, Apple typically shows off new software releases - updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS - not new hardware, though it has introduced new Macs at the show in the past.

And the price tag is very, very Apple. Analysts also expect a new iPad Pro, updated features on Apple's operating system and information on how augmented reality - a mixture of the real world and virtual world - will fit into the company's strategy.

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By then, Saina had found her rhythm and her range as she started calling the shots to race to a 11-8 advantage. From there on, he did not let his Thai opponent make a recovery and won the game comfortably.

Victor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a single count, but the government said it would likely add to the indictment. Even if you take all the government allegations as true, it's clear she is neither a threat to public safety nor a flight risk.

On Tuesday the organizers released a statement to WOWT 6 claiming that a typo on the roster led to the team's disqualification. So, they showed tournament organizers her insurance card and other documentation to prove her gender, but it wasn't enough.

And it knows that, for all its sci-fi promise, the smart speaker today is good mostly for one thing: playing audio on command. Apple concluded its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday with a sneak peek of an all-new product: The HomePod.

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It follows months of advances to the north, east and west of Raqqa by the SDF, which includes Arabs and PYD terrorists. Two of the government's three routes to Deir el-Zour intersect with rebel and Kurdish forces supported by the U.S.

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Iran is the only OPEC member with room for growth under a current deal to stem production in an effort to balance the market. The price for Brent crude oil was down 1 percent about 15 minutes before the start of trading in NY to $49.64 per barrel.

Spanish banker Ignacio Echeverria (39), was killed after trying to defend a woman with his skateboard in the Borough Market area. Le Parisien daily newspaper named the second Frenchman to die in the attack as 36-year-old Sebastian Belanger.

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